It’s not uncommon to hear hyperbolic talk at upfront presentations, but when Discovery Channel president Rich Ross talked about reaching for the moon at the network’s presentation in New York Tuesday, he meant it—among the shows Discovery Channel announced is Lunar XPRIZE, tracking a competition among teams working to ….Read More Via:: ADWEEK – TV

by Andrew Sacher Chicago garage punks Meat Wave are one of the bands playing Perfect Pussy’s Weekend at Baby’s All Right this weekend. They’re on the sold-out 4/3 show with PP, Sick Feeling and Mannequin Pussy, and it turns out that show’s part of a short tour for the ….Read More Via:: BROOKLYN VEGAN

Rookie puts out a lot of great editorial and video content, but one of my personal favorites is their series “Ask A Grown Man” in which older male celebrities answer teen girls’ questions about relationships, both social and romantic. TV On The Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe, Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus, ….Read More Via:: STEREOGUM

Listen, I know that blockbusters cost hundreds of millions, and to offset those costs, sometimes you have to make some strange, corporate arrangements. But there’s a difference between seamlessly integrating those things into the fabric of the narrative, of stopping the entire movie, Michael Bay style, to show off a ….Read More Via:: THE PLAYLIST

It seemed like every day of March brought with it a new controversy or calamity worthy of coverage here: There was the Ghost Bath hoax; the revelation that Lars Ulrich was to blame for the absence of bass on …And Justice For All; the bizarre dissolution of ….Read More Via:: STEREOGUM

The predisposition toward immediacy over longevity has doomed many an artist in today’s popular music landscape, regardless of genre, but especially in hip-hop. After the success of DeJ Loaf’s breakout “Try Me” died down, it was unclear if the Detroit rapper would remain relevant, but she took the electricity from ….Read More Via:: STEREOGUM

by Andrew Sacher Long-running, genre-crossing Norwegian band Jaga Jazzist are releasing a new album titled Starfire on June 2 via Ninja Tune. The title track is out now, and it’s a jammy, proggy, synthy epic that covers a lot of ground in its nearly 9-minute running time. Listen below. The band, ….Read More Via:: BROOKLYN Read more